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@chimeracoder.bsky.social

10 Sept 2025

I agree with the spirit of the post, but do we have any direct evidence that Steve Jobs wouldn't have done the same were he alive today? It's not uncommon for people with more radical backgrounds to abandon those once they get money + power (e.g. Clarence Thomas)

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@chimeracoder.bsky.social

Reading the (sparse) tea leaves from his later years, I don't get a clear picture as to what his personal political values were, and I'm not sure that he'd be one to take a principled stand in a way that ultimately works against capital interests

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Anil Dash

@anildash.com

10 Sept 2025

I don’t think he’d do it on political principles so much as a personal insistence on control.

squillace

@squillace.bsky.social

10 Sept 2025

mention Jobs "probable future behavior" is like tabs v spaces that guy was all over the place at different times of his life and career. He brought the company to destruction TWICE and also was instrumental in figuring out the devices that saved the company. :-)